Music's biggest night has arrived with the 56th annual Grammy awards. Winners in 82 categories will be announced throughout the evening in categories ranging from Record of the Year, where Daft Punk, Lorde and Bruno Mars are among the nominees, to Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance ("Roomful Of Teeth," by Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth won that honor).
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took home awards for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album ("The Heist), Best Rap Song (for "Thrift Shop") and Best Rap Performance (for "Thrift Shop"). Lorde (Best Pop Solo Performance for "Royals"), Daft Punk (Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Get Lucky" and two other awards), Imagine Dragons, Kacey Musgraves and Led Zeppelin were also award Grammys by The Recording Industry in 2014.
This year, Jay Z led all artists with nine Grammy nominations, including nods for Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album and two Best Rap/Sung Collaboration citations (with wife Beyonce, and also Justin Timberlake). Jay Z was followed by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams and Timberlake, all of whom had seven nominations.
Nominees in the four most high-profile Grammy categories are below, along with live updates from the event. (A complete list of Grammy winners is underneath the live blog.) LL Cool J hosts the 56th annual Grammy Awards, which air on CBS starting at 8 p.m.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Get Lucky" - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
"Royals" - Lorde
"Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars
"Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"The Blessed Unrest" - Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Red" - Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Just Give Me A Reason" - Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters
(Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out Of Heaven" - Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars,
songwriters (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" - Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry
Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)
"Royals" - Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
"Same Love" - Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters
(Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
GRAMMY WINNERS
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Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Pop Solo Performance: "Royals," Lorde
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Best Pop Instrumental Album: "Steppin' Out," Herb Alpert
Best Dance Recording: "Clarity," Zedd Featuring Foxes
Best Dance/Electronica Album: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "To Be Loved," Michael Buble
Best Rock Performance: "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
Best Metal Performance: "God Is Dead?" Black Sabbath
Best Rock Song: "Cut Me Some Slack," Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
Best Rock Album: "Celebration Day," Led Zeppelin
Best Alternative Music Album: "Modern Vampires Of The City," Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance: "Something," Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Please Come Home," Gary Clark Jr.
Best R&B Song: "Pusher Love Girl," James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
Best Urban Contemporary Album: "Unapologetic," Rihanna
Best R&B Album: "Girl On Fire," Alicia Keys
Best Rap Performance: "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Holy Grail," Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Song: "Thrift Shop," Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
Best Rap Album: "The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Country Solo Performance: "Wagon Wheel," Darius Rucker
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "From This Valley," The Civil Wars
Best Country Song: "Merry Go 'Round," Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
Best New Age Album: "Love's River," Laura Sullivan
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Orbits," Wayne Shorter, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album: "Liquid Spirit," Gregory Porter
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: "Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue," Terri Lyne Carrington
Best Large Jazz Ensemble: "Night In Calisia," Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
Best Latin Jazz Album: "Song For Maura," Paquito D'Rivera And Trio Corrente
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: "Break Every Chain [Live]," Tasha Cobbs
Best Gospel Song: "If He Did It Before... Same God [Live]," Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: "Overcomer," David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
Best Gospel Album: "Greater Than [Live]," Tye Tribbett
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: "Overcomer," Mandisa
Best Latin Pop Album: "Vida," Draco Rosa
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: "Treinta Días," La Santa Cecilia
Best Regional Mexican Music Album: "A Mi Manera," Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Best Tropical Latin Album: "Pacific Mambo Orchestra," Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Best American Roots Song: "Love Has Come For You," Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell)
Best Americana Album: "Old Yellow Moon," Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Best Bluegrass Album: "The Streets Of Baltimore," Del McCoury Band
Best Blues Album: "Get Up!" Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
Best Folk Album: "My Favorite Picture Of You," Guy Clark
Best Regional Roots Music Album: "Dockside Sessions," Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Best Reggae Album: "Ziggy Marley In Concert," Ziggy Marley
Best Children's Album: "Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well," Jennifer Gasoi
Best Spoken-Word Album: "America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't," Stephen Colbert
Best Comedy Album: "Calm Down Gurrl," Kathy Griffin
Best Musical Theater Album: "Kinky Boots"
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Sound City: Real To Reel," Butch Vig, compilation producer
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Thomas Newman, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
Best Instrumental Composition: "Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra," Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: "On Green Dolphin Street," Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "Swing Low," Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
Best Recording Package: "Long Night Moon," Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: "Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)," Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
Best Album Notes: "Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded)," Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
Best Engineered Album: "Random Access Memories," Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert, Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers (Daft Punk)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Pharrell
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)," Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
Best Surround Sound Album: "Live Kisses," Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: "Winter Morning Walks," David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance: "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4," Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording: "Adès: The Tempest," Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: "Pärt: Adam's Lament," Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Roomful Of Teeth," Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: "Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra," Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Classical Vocal Solo: "Winter Morning Walks," Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium: "Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik," Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks," Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra)
Best Music Video: "Suit & Tie," Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Best Music Film: "Live Kisses," Paul McCartney
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took home awards for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album ("The Heist), Best Rap Song (for "Thrift Shop") and Best Rap Performance (for "Thrift Shop"). Lorde (Best Pop Solo Performance for "Royals"), Daft Punk (Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Get Lucky" and two other awards), Imagine Dragons, Kacey Musgraves and Led Zeppelin were also award Grammys by The Recording Industry in 2014.
This year, Jay Z led all artists with nine Grammy nominations, including nods for Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album and two Best Rap/Sung Collaboration citations (with wife Beyonce, and also Justin Timberlake). Jay Z was followed by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams and Timberlake, all of whom had seven nominations.
Nominees in the four most high-profile Grammy categories are below, along with live updates from the event. (A complete list of Grammy winners is underneath the live blog.) LL Cool J hosts the 56th annual Grammy Awards, which air on CBS starting at 8 p.m.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Get Lucky" - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
"Royals" - Lorde
"Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars
"Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"The Blessed Unrest" - Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Red" - Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Just Give Me A Reason" - Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters
(Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out Of Heaven" - Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars,
songwriters (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" - Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry
Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)
"Royals" - Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
"Same Love" - Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters
(Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
GRAMMY WINNERS
Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Pop Solo Performance: "Royals," Lorde
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Best Pop Instrumental Album: "Steppin' Out," Herb Alpert
Best Dance Recording: "Clarity," Zedd Featuring Foxes
Best Dance/Electronica Album: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "To Be Loved," Michael Buble
Best Rock Performance: "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
Best Metal Performance: "God Is Dead?" Black Sabbath
Best Rock Song: "Cut Me Some Slack," Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
Best Rock Album: "Celebration Day," Led Zeppelin
Best Alternative Music Album: "Modern Vampires Of The City," Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance: "Something," Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Please Come Home," Gary Clark Jr.
Best R&B Song: "Pusher Love Girl," James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
Best Urban Contemporary Album: "Unapologetic," Rihanna
Best R&B Album: "Girl On Fire," Alicia Keys
Best Rap Performance: "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Holy Grail," Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Song: "Thrift Shop," Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
Best Rap Album: "The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Country Solo Performance: "Wagon Wheel," Darius Rucker
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "From This Valley," The Civil Wars
Best Country Song: "Merry Go 'Round," Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
Best New Age Album: "Love's River," Laura Sullivan
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Orbits," Wayne Shorter, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album: "Liquid Spirit," Gregory Porter
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: "Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue," Terri Lyne Carrington
Best Large Jazz Ensemble: "Night In Calisia," Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
Best Latin Jazz Album: "Song For Maura," Paquito D'Rivera And Trio Corrente
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: "Break Every Chain [Live]," Tasha Cobbs
Best Gospel Song: "If He Did It Before... Same God [Live]," Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: "Overcomer," David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
Best Gospel Album: "Greater Than [Live]," Tye Tribbett
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: "Overcomer," Mandisa
Best Latin Pop Album: "Vida," Draco Rosa
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: "Treinta Días," La Santa Cecilia
Best Regional Mexican Music Album: "A Mi Manera," Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Best Tropical Latin Album: "Pacific Mambo Orchestra," Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Best American Roots Song: "Love Has Come For You," Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell)
Best Americana Album: "Old Yellow Moon," Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Best Bluegrass Album: "The Streets Of Baltimore," Del McCoury Band
Best Blues Album: "Get Up!" Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
Best Folk Album: "My Favorite Picture Of You," Guy Clark
Best Regional Roots Music Album: "Dockside Sessions," Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Best Reggae Album: "Ziggy Marley In Concert," Ziggy Marley
Best Children's Album: "Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well," Jennifer Gasoi
Best Spoken-Word Album: "America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't," Stephen Colbert
Best Comedy Album: "Calm Down Gurrl," Kathy Griffin
Best Musical Theater Album: "Kinky Boots"
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Sound City: Real To Reel," Butch Vig, compilation producer
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Thomas Newman, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
Best Instrumental Composition: "Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra," Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: "On Green Dolphin Street," Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "Swing Low," Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
Best Recording Package: "Long Night Moon," Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: "Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)," Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
Best Album Notes: "Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded)," Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
Best Engineered Album: "Random Access Memories," Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert, Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers (Daft Punk)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Pharrell
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)," Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
Best Surround Sound Album: "Live Kisses," Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: "Winter Morning Walks," David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance: "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4," Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording: "Adès: The Tempest," Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: "Pärt: Adam's Lament," Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Roomful Of Teeth," Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: "Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra," Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Classical Vocal Solo: "Winter Morning Walks," Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium: "Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik," Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks," Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra)
Best Music Video: "Suit & Tie," Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Best Music Film: "Live Kisses," Paul McCartney